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University Declares Climate Emergency
22 June 2019, 10:33 | Updated: 22 June 2019, 10:35
Bosses there are calling on Governments across the world to hold talks about saving the environment.
Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, Professor David Thomas, a leading expert in ocean sciences and the environment says:
'We very much support those calling for action to deal with the climate emergency.
At Bangor we have some of the world's best scientists carrying environment research on land and in the oceans.
Collectively, as a group we are rightly challenged to address the issues pertinent to society in a changing climate.
As a scientist who has regularly worked in the Arctic regions, I've seen for myself the dramatic changes taking place in the past decade.
As a scientist who has regularly worked in the Arctic regions, I've seen for myself the dramatic changes taking place in the past decade.
There can be no doubt that the situation has reached a critical point.
Not only are students and young people concerned about the environment, but they have succeeded in raising the public's awareness and we are proud to support them by declaring a climate emergency.'
